Managed Funds, Australia

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Statistics on the assets and liabilities of financial institutions that pool funds for investment, classified by type of financial instrument

Reference period
June 2023
Released
7/09/2023

Key statistics

During the June 2023 quarter:

  • the total managed funds industry rose $72.7b (1.6%) to $4,571.4b funds under management
  • consolidated assets of managed funds institutions rose $75.6b (2.1%) to $3,718.7b
  • cross invested assets rose $7.8b (1.4%) to $547.3b
  • unconsolidated assets rose $83.4b (2.0%) to $4,266.0b.
June key figures
  Mar Qtr 2023$mJun Qtr 2023$mMar Qtr 2023 to Jun Qtr 2023%
Total managed funds industry4,498,6214,571,3551.6
Consolidated assets total managed funds institutions3,643,1033,718,7222.1
Cross invested assets between managed funds institutions539,513547,3241.4
Unconsolidated assets total managed funds institutions4,182,6154,266,0462
Life insurance corporations121,406120,320-0.9
Superannuation (pension) funds3,541,8833,618,6602.2
Public offer (retail) unit trusts472,317480,1241.7
All other managed funds institutions47,01046,942-0.1

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Managed Funds, Australia June 2023

Managed funds industry

Resident investment managers' placements with other resident investment managers are deducted when deriving the size of the total managed funds industry.

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Superannuation (pension) funds

Total unconsolidated assets of superannuation funds rose $76.8b (2.2%) to $3,618.7b during the June quarter.

Key movements were as follows:

  • assets overseas rose $47.4b (6.7%)
  • units in trusts rose $13.9b (1.1%)
  • deposits rose $7.1b (2.6%)
  • shares rose $6.2b (1.0%)
  • bonds, etc. rose $5.3b (5.2%).

Public offer (retail) unit trusts

Total unconsolidated assets of public offer (retail) trusts rose $7.8b (1.7%) to $480.1b during the June quarter.

Key movements were as follows:

  • assets overseas rose $5.5b (6.3%)
  • land, buildings and equipment fell $3.4b (-2.2%)
  • other financial assets rose $2.0b (41.4%)
  • units in trusts rose $1.4b (1.2%)
  • shares rose $1.2b (1.8%).

Cross investment within public offer (retail) unit trusts fell $1.4b (-3.2%) to $42.8b.

Other managed funds institutions

Life insurance

Total unconsolidated assets of life insurance corporations fell $1.1b (-0.9%) to $120.3b during the June quarter.

Key movements were as follows:

  • shares fell $2.4b (-18.1%)
  • units in trusts rose $1.6b (3.9%)
  • deposits rose $0.8b (25.2%)
  • short term securities fell $0.8b (-28.6%)
  • bonds, etc. fell $0.5b (-1.7%).

All other managed funds institutions

Total unconsolidated assets of:

  • friendly societies rose $0.3b (3.1%) to $9.5b
  • common funds rose $0.2b (1.9%) to $11.8b
  • cash management trusts fell $0.6b (-2.2%) to $25.7b.

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Data files

Revisions

  • Table 1 Summary managed funds industry - revised back to the September quarter 2005.
  • Table 2 Summary managed funds institutions - revised back to the September quarter 2005.
  • Table 3 Life insurance offices - revised back to the September quarter 2007.
  • Table 4 Superannuation (pension) funds - revised back to the September quarter 2016.
  • Table 5 Public offer (retail) unit trusts - revised back to the September quarter 2005.
  • Table 6 Friendly Societies - no revisions.
  • Table 7 Common funds - revised back to the March quarter 2023.
  • Table 8 Cash management trusts - revised back to the September quarter 2005.
  • Table 9 Resident Investment Managers - revised back to the September quarter 2016.

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Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 5655.0.

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